Cakes I made this year, 2014

Bradley's 2nd Birthday 

Bradley loves animals so I made this fun cake for him. 

Cowgirl Cake

I made one just like this last year for my friend at school. Another friend from school asked me to make one for her daughters cow girl themed birthday party. This was my first paid cake job!  

Baby Shower Cake:

My sister in law asked me to make a cake for her baby shower. She asked for it to be green and pink to match her shower theme. This was also my first time doing fondant over a double layer cake, I was a little nervous but it went really smooth! The 'sweet baby' is a sticker decal for scrap booking that was placed on the cake for her to remove and use later. She loved it!

This cake was made for a friend starting her battle with Cancer. Some women from church were throwing her a 'hat party' the day before she was shaving her head. I was asked if I would make a cake in her favorite colors, blue and yellow with flowers. I also put the words, faith, love, hope, strength... and I cant remember what else that wrapped around to the back.

I was asked to make a cake that would be a silent auction at my kids school fundraiser night. This was my first failed cake! haha! My original intention was to make a lady bug cake but i realized last minute I didnt have anymore red. So I decided to make a turtle! Thought it was a great idea until the turtle was too big for the cake... I just left the funny looking turtle on the side and they were auctioned separately.

Zack's 9th Birthday Cake

This cake is really plain and simple but my son still loved it! He wanted to have a Nerf gun party so I made this cake for him. 

 Haylee's 8th Birthday Cake

The weekend we were going to have Haylee's party I ended up having our daughter Kelsey. So my sweet Haylee had to wait two weeks to have her party. Luckily at two weeks postpartum I was feeling well enough to make the Lego friends cake she asked for. 

My friend asked me to make a butterfly cake for her daughters 1st birthday party. 

Anna Doll Cake

I was asked to make this cake. I was really nervous. Ive never done a doll cake and I was being paid good money to make this for a friends daughter so I didnt want to disappoint. It came out great and the sweet little girl loved it!

(the fondant was still wet from brushing it)

2013 Fondant Cakes!!

Since our first Easter Cake was such a success we have been making cakes for every birthday since!
Bradley's First Birthday Cake:

He LOVES cars so I knew I wanted to make him a car themed cake. I had this idea of making the road wrap around from the bottom layer to the top, it came out like I have planned! :) Then I did the bottom checkered to look like the racing checkered flags. I attempted to make the grassy hills look textured, it's hard to tell but they have a zig zag imprint on them.

 

Bradley LOVED his birthday cake!! (and at 1, you can't fake happiness! every smile is a genuine!)

 

 



 All the kids with the Birthday Boy!!

 

 

Yummy Cake!!

 

A few days later was my husbands 28th Birthday, He had drill the weekend of his birthday so I thought I would make him a Navy Cake. I feel like I went way too simple with this one, but finding time to make a cake with 4 kids home is hard! So this is what it turned out as:

Next time I make any type of hat I will use a rounded mold, but the sailor hat still came out pretty good!

Happy Birthday James!! ♥

Helping Daddy blow out the candles! lol

Zackary wanted to dump Dads head in his cake!! Daddy was a good sport!

Next we had Zackary's 8th Birthday!! He LOVES Skylanders!! He asked for a Skylander cake so I started to invision what I could do! I knew I had to have the 'portal on top and I knew I needed to incorporate the element symbols onto it also.
This is my first 3 layer cake also! Here it is, I finished it just minutes before his party started!!

Still being a newbie at this cake stuff, but I think it came out great!!

 

My lil stud with his birthday cake!

 

Haylee's Birthday Cake!!  Of course she wanted a Hello Kitty Cake!

 

My Birthday girl with her cake!

Blew out her candle in style!

 

In August I made a 'cowgirl' cake for my friend Megan! I brought it to school for her and everyone love it!

 fondant cow print on the bottom and paisley print on the to

 

 

 

MY BIRTHDAY!!

Personally, I don't like the taste/texture of fondant so I wanted a buttercream frosting cake. My husband made this one for me: (yes, my husband can also make cakes!)

 

This was his first time doing piping.

 

He was pretty proud of himself! haha, I am too!! :)

 

The girls picked out the butterflies for the cake!

My friend Heather asked me to show her how to make fondant. She was hosting a BBQ for a friends birthday and wanted to make her a boise state football cake also. This is the cake she made: (I think Im a pretty good teacher cuz it looks really good!) lol

These cupcakes are amazing!! Chocolate Cupcake with Peanut butter Frosting and shaved dark chocolate! The frosting is just 1 cup peanut butter mixed into a homemade buttercream frosting.

 

 

 

 

I offered to make a birthday cake for my friend Kelly's daughter. She was having a Minnie Mouse themed party so I made little Gemma this cake. I definitely need work on bows...

And then it was my baby girl Audrey's Birthday!! She is 5 and wanted to have a littlest pet shop themed party!

 

So Im pretty sure this is my best cake yet! It cake out so cute!!

 

 

 

 



 

Easter Fondant Cake

I decided I wanted to make a fun Easter Cake! So instead of spending my usual lazy Sunday afternoon relaxing after church I dove head in to the beautiful world of fondant cakes!

I scanned through pinterest to find a fondant recipe and went with this one: http://mycrazyblessedlife.com/2012/06/08/homemade-fondant/ It had simple directions and pictures for a newbie like me. I had always heard people talk about how difficult it was to make fondant so I expected it to be very hard. I was amazed to find out how simple it was! Of course, you can buy it, but that stuff is nasty due to lots of preservatives and expensive! I love homemade marshmallow fondant! It is like playdoh for adults! The possibilities of what you can do and make with it are endless!

A few tips:
1.) I have found that the store brand of marshmallows actually work better for making fondant than the Jet Puff brand. In my opinion, it seems to be more pliable and stretchable.
2.) Don't put it in the fridge. It's easier to work with right away. Keep the amount you are not using in an airtight container or zip loc bag and if you have to refrigerate it, you can, just try to get it worked into room temp before using it.
3.) Read the tips in the fondant recipe link! Do use Crisco and dusted flour in the pans and definitely use Crisco all over the counter and your hands when handing the fondant!

I was ready to roll out the fondant for the Easter Cake but my husband insisted on doing this part. I thought for sure there was no way he could do it, to my surprise his teenage days of working in a pizza place were very useful in working with the fondant! He rolled it out and got it on the cake like a pro! I cut off the extra fondant and we were pretty proud of ourselves for just getting the cakes covered!

James rolling it out

Cutting off the extra fondant

 

 

We loved how it came out! And I loved that it was something James and I did together. ♥